The fact that “natural” theories, i.e. theories which have something like an “idea” to them, are almost always linearly ordered with regard to logical strength has been called one of the great mysteries of the foundation of mathematics. However, one easily establishes the existence of theories with incomparable logical strengths using self-reference (Rosser-style). As a result, PA + Con(PA) is ...

I review recent developments in the direct and indirect detection of dark matter and new candidates beyond the WIMP paradigm.

The goal of this paper is to present Yabloesque versions of Grelling’s and Zwicker’s paradoxes concerning the notions of “heterological” and “hypergame” respectively. We will offer counterparts of these paradoxes that do not seem to involve self-reference or vicious circularity.

This paper explores roles and interventions in IS action research. I draw upon a four-year research project about electronic medical records, conducted in close collaboration with a community partner. Following a self-reflexive stance, I trace the trajectory of the research engagement and the different roles I occupied. To better understand the complex nature of collaboration found within actio...

Self-assessment motivation questionnaires have been used in classrooms yet many researchers find only a weak correlation between answers to these questions and learning. In this paper we postulate that more direct questions may measure motivation better, and they may also be better correlated with learning. In an eight week study with ESL students learning vocabulary in the REAP reading tutor, ...

Assuming that memories are organized in some type of schema structures, any activation of one component of an entry will trigger some expectation of other features linked in this schema (Thomsen 2008). The main constituent of the Ouroboros Model then is a self-referential recursive process consisting of alternating phases of data acquisition and evaluation; an iterative monitor process termed ‘...

Voter initiatives are important for policy making in many countries. While much research shows that the initiative process affects policy choices, almost no evidence explains how the initiative process affects policy. Initiatives might change policy directly through voters approving laws that override the legislature; or the initiative process may change policy indirectly by permitting threats ...

This paper is a self-referential example of how to write in APA format. Specific aspects of the APA format are presented with particular attention paid to the typesetting of a manuscript, the sections of an article, and APA-style referencing. Notice that this abstract has been a short summary of the content of the article. You should take particular care in writing it because it is the main mec...

Sense-of-direction (SOD) has been described as a system that tracks the body’s facing direction relative to an environmental reference frame (allocentric heading). To study this system, Sholl, Kenny, and DellaPorta (2006) developed a headingrecall task and found that task accuracy correlated highly with self-reported SOD measures. This study attempts to replicate and extend their findings, by i...

This article is a colloquium-level review of the idea of supersymmetry and why so many physicists expect it to soon be a major discovery in particle physics. Supersymmetry is the hypothesis, for which there is indirect evidence, that the underlying laws of nature are symmetric between matter particles (fermions) such as electrons and quarks, and force particles (bosons) such as photons and gluons.